I am interested in some souvenir shopping. What are the good ports in Alaska for that?
You can find great souvenirs in pretty much all the ports, though Ketchikan has arguably the best assortment of gift shops easily accessible to the cruise ship docks. While in Ketchikan, make sure not to miss shopping along Creek Street, a historic district filled with cool shops and galleries, with buildings constructed on stilts over a pristine creek that is filled with Salmon in late summer an amazing site thats definitely worth seeing.